Herbicides and forest biodiversity - What do we know and where do we go from here?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1085-1092

  Guynn Jr , David C ^a   Guynn, Susan T ^b,e   Wigley, T Bently ^a,c,f,g   Miller, Darren A ^d,h,i,j  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Cncl Air Stream I ^*  (United States)

^c Natl Cncl Air Stream I   (United States)

^d WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

^e Society of American Foresters   (United States)

^f Natl Cncl Air Stream I   (United States)

^g AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Wildlife Society   (United States)

^j Southeastern Section Research   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest chemicals; Forest management; Forest productivity; Habitat management; Herbicides; Human dimensions; Toxicity; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HERBICIDE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 15544373977     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1085:HAFBDW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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